Improvement in cabin-tables



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HENRY J. NICHOLS, 0F SEARSPORT, MAIN.

Letters Patent No. 106,608, dated August 23, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CABIN-TABLES.

The 'Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mking part ci' the same. l

scription oi' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing `making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view. l

Figure 2, view of top of table, with the center board removed.

Figure 3,-view of underside of center board, knucklejoint, hanging level', andpivots; and in which- Letter A is table-trame.

Letter u, adjustable center-board.

b b, stationary side boards.

c c c c, strips to hold plates upon side boards b b, the outer c o hinged,the inner c c removable.

d, hanging regulatiug-lever.

e, knuckle-joint by which lever is attached to center board. t 4

fj, pivots, made of brass or its equivalent. g g, slots for pivots, made of cast-iron or its equivalent.

le, swinging cleat.

1'. i, buttons.

jj, ends oi' table.

l first make afi-ame substantially as shown by A, lig's. l and 2, with stationary side boards?) b. The

ends jj I make of the form shown in iig. 2, so as to allow the frame' to play freely up and down by the edges ofthe center board, in accordance with the mo- In the center` of j j I make slot-s tion of the vessel.

g g, for pivots to turn in. To the under side of the center board a I attach a hanging regulating-lever, d, by means ot' joint e, as shown by iig. 3. To the lower end of lever d I attach asl much weight, lead or its equivalent, as may be found necessary .to secure .the constant level of' the center-board. I attach pivots f f, substantially as shown in fig. 3.

When itis desired to use the table in rough weather,

place the pivots f f into the slots y g, and unhasp the lever, and allow it to swing to its proper position. rI hus arranged the center-board a will maintain a constant level, however great may be the motion of the ship or vessel, and whatever is placed upon t-lie center-board a will remain perfectly secure, thus enabling seamen, even in the ronghest weather and times, to partake ot' their meals with ease and comfort not otherwise attainable. A

It has also all the advantages of the common tables now used. In pleasant weather hasp the lever back, as shown in tig. 3, turn the swinging cleats h and but tons t i in such manner as to securely fasten the center board, remove the inner strips c c, and turn down the outer hinged strips, it' desired.

IVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy The combination of the adjustable cent-er board a., knuckle-joint e, hanging regulating-lever d, and pivots ff, with frame A, side boards b b, and slots g g, substantially as and for the purpose set fort-h.

HENRY J. NICHOLS. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. Gonnox, E. B. SHELDON. 

